Re: [docs] [PATCH] ref-manual: remove unused example recipe source files

["Michael Opdenacker" <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>]

On 7/30/21 6:41 PM, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> On 7/29/21 3:48 PM, Richard Purdie wrote:
>>> While I had no problem moving and testing the "hello-single",
>>> "hello-autotools"  (GNU hello actually) and "libxpm" recipe examples,
>>> I'm struggling with the "mtd-utils" one.
>>>
>>> Neither the example recipe (version 1.0.0:
>>> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/yocto-docs/tree/documentation/ref-manual/examples/mtd-makefile/mtd-utils_1.0.0.bb)
>>> nor the one which source code is directly in the documentation (version
>>> 1.5.1+:
>>> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/yocto-docs/tree/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst#n2307)
>>> compile any more.
>>>
>>> Given that we have an upstream mtd-utils recipe that works, what's the
>>> point of trying to fix a broken example? This seems like a waste of
>>> effort to me...
>>>
>>> So, may I drop that old mtd-utils example?
>> I'd say yes, that one isn't adding value.
> Thanks for confirming this.
>
> I'm waiting for you to merge my oe-core patch
> (https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/154245) to
> remove these examples from the documentation.


This is done now (thanks Richard!).
The description of this change has been updated and the commit is in
master-next now.

Cheers,
Michael.

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Michael Opdenacker, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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